tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post121753442520891021..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: Doctor Who #561: Logopolis Part 4Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-90457125371987692092013-06-05T07:28:59.910-03:002013-06-05T07:28:59.910-03:00First, we have a saying around my office that &quo...First, we have a saying around my office that "It could have been worse is not excuse for something being bad." So that. I think Tennant's departure is very much an extension of the ideas propagated by this story.<br /><br />Second, Ainley can DEFINITELY hear the drum beats.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-88832875795567853562013-06-05T07:23:42.908-03:002013-06-05T07:23:42.908-03:00" (Is his instability the result of spending ...<i>" (Is his instability the result of spending too much time as a decaying zombie, or of merging with a non-Time Lord?)"</i><br /><br />Perhaps one or both made him more vulnerable to "the sound of drums" that Rassilon planted in his brain...snellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181997862745538999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-75681210468913419732013-06-05T07:20:53.550-03:002013-06-05T07:20:53.550-03:00It could have been worse...
"He's actual...It could have been worse...<br /><br /><i>"He's actually haunted by his imminent death, yet also at peace with it."</i><br /><br />...or he could sit around moping about it for two & a half hours...<br /><br /><i>"...but the flashbacks to past enemies and companions which would become a tradition are a bit hokey..."</i><br /><br />...or he can actually self-indulgently go and visit each and every past companion as "death" gets drawn out over a period of what must me days, if not months...<br /><br />I'm just saying...snellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181997862745538999noreply@blogger.com